Marketing Violence: The Special Toll on Young Children of Color

Journal of Negro Education, The, Fall 2003 by Levin, Diane E, Carlsson-Paige, Nancy

* Children's programs should be wide-ranging in genre and content, but should not include gratuitous scenes of violence and sex. (Von Feilitzen & Bucht, 2001, p. 134)

These principles eloquently spell out the kind of television and media culture society would need to create if it chose to protect children, including children of color, from the harmful effects of current practices and to use the media to promote healthy development.

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